Climate+Induced+Disasters

= = =Did you know that about 250 million people are affected by natural disasters each year?= = = Forest Fires Hurricanes

= Higher temperatures increase the chance of extreme weather. =

Pollution and CO2 from fossil fuels, factories and aerosols are putting a whole in the ozone layer. This ozone depletion is allowing harmful UV rays to shine down on Earth and increase temperature (Global Warming). This global warming is affecting our planet in many ways, especially through climate induced disasters.

===Did you know that for every increase of one degree Celsius(mostly being man-made) in tropical Atlantic climate temperatures, rainfall from a tropical storm rises 6 to 18 percent and the strongest hurricane wind speeds increase by approximately 8 percent?=== According to //The Times of India,// experts from the UN and climatologists around the world conclude that the recent "extreme weather events" are a prime example of how global warming is already happening. This climate change is bringing about disasters...

**[|Hurricanes:]**
- Global warming is heating the Earth. As the Earth heats, the water warms up along with it. Hurricanes gain power from warm waters, so experts are predicting more intense storms. The rise in major storms like Katrina correspond with a global increase of sea surface temperatures, which scientists think is an effect of global warming.

-(CO2) from factories, power plants and cars trap heat near the earth's surface. More heat = More energy.

-//Live Science// researchers stated that adding more energy to the atmosphere allows for more severe weather patterns.

**[|**Droughts:**]**
// According to Washington's Department of Ecology.. // - With higher temperatures comes faster evaporation rates. Less water creates dry soil, which puts farmer’s crops at risk. - gives us less water for irrigation - the dryness increases likelihood for forest fires.

-Killer heat waves come with a warmer climate. -Global Warming has caused rising temperatures and since the all time high record of 1998, the average annual temperatures in the US in the past ten years have been some of the hottest ten percent recorded.

**Wildfires:**
- Wildfires are caused by dry and hot climate conditions. Recently there has been quite the increase in wildfires and scientists are starting to link them to the changing of the climate.

[|California wildfire]

- [|Tom Swetnam and Anthony Westerling,] co-author's of a scientific paper published a year ago, came to the conclusion that the changing climate was a larger influence on wildlife activity than forest management is.

**Flooding:**
- A warmer climate can hold more moisture, which leads to more rain.

- More rain = Flooding

 * [|Dzud]: is a word derived from Mongolian terms meaning a series of harsh weather events. It is most commonly a drought followed by a very snowy winter where livestock can't survive and a large number of them die off due to the cold temperature and starvation.**

Mongolia is largely affected by the Dzuds and has already lost 4.5 million livestock to them! That is 10% of the countries population..

According to the nature conservancy, global warming is to blame for Dzuds because during summer their is a big increase in temperature, which causes droughts. These high temperatures cause evaporation and leave no water for crops to grow and the livestock to feed off of.

===EVERYONE NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER AND REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT. THE OZONE NEEDS TO STOP DEPLEATION AND PROTECT US FROM THESE HARMFUL UV RAYS. GLOBAL WARMING IS A PROBLEM THAT ISN'T GOING TO GO AWAY BY IT'S SELF WE NEED TO HELP.=== = =